Hi everyone! I got my new ferret-friendly kitty this week. She is a large ball of orange fur! Her name is Matty and is very sweet. She likes the ferrets and follows them around and tries to play with them. Greta is basically ignoring her, but watching from the corner of her eye. Lucy just runs around all over hissing, but is getting a bit more curious about this orange fuzzball. There has been no aggression by anyone. I think Lucy is afraid the kitty is going to steal "her" socks. This morning, I let the fuzzies out for playtime before work. A little while later, I heard a whiney-type noise. The new kitty makes some strange sounds (dolphin and bird impressions), but it wasn't coming from her. I heard Greta scratching at the dresser and I figured she was just trying to undo the ferret-proofing I did last weekend. But I heard the whining with it too, so I checked it out. She had her head stuck between the dresser and the wall and couldn't get it out! I pulled the dresser back to free her. She was a bit shaken up, but not hurt. Are my ferrets just more accident prone, or are people who leave their ferrets loose when they aren't home, just lucky? I can't imagine not having mine in a cage when I'm not home. They would have both been long dead by now if I wasn't around to rescue them from their mishaps. I ferret-proof to a fault (or so I thought!). Lucy is also a water bowl digger, and can she make a mess! I find that if I fill the bowl almost to the rim, she is less likely to do this. (I also had a cat that did the same thing). The book I mentioned a couple of weeks ago "The Tao Full of Detours - the Behavior of the Domestic Ferret" by Fara Shimbo, is extremely interesting. I am almost done reading it, but it is one of the best books I've read about ferrets as far as why they do what they do. She says that if a ferret goes after and bites a certain person, it is most likely that they smell of perfume, scented soap/deoderant, or cigarette smoke. She says that cigarette smoke makes ferrets from non-smoking homes extremely nauseated, which causes them to be more aggressive. Ferrets noses are very sensitive so this makes sense. I have a sensitive nose and can't be around any of these kinds of smells, either. ( but I don't bite, tho). Millie, if Mehgan isn't interested in this guy, I'm looking for a ferret-loving man... Barb and the ever-lovin' fuzzies, Lucy (what the heck is this orange thing that keeps following me around? It better not touch my socks!) & Greta (Mommy, I've got a headache! I need a couple of Craisins...) "Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the old, sympathetic with the struggling, and tolerant of the weak and wrong...because sometime in your life you will have been all of these" [Posted in FML issue 2592]